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From: Gloria Lane <>
Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] URLs
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:20:21 -0500
References: <d3a.221ebf12.351fa328@aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <d3a.221ebf12.351fa328@aol.com>


So you're saying that Rootsweb requires that a site have no links
leading off the Rootsweb site? That's kind of surprising...

Gloria



On Mar 29, 2008, at 8:50 AM, wrote:
> Linda-
>
> This would seem to be a violation of RootsWeb's rules--because you
> would
> merely be providing a redirect to a site OFF RootsWeb where your
> page content is
> stored. Eventually, this will be caught and the redirects deleted by
> RootsWeb.
>
> To answer Tim's question, RootsWeb would allow some time in case
> the account
> holder wishes to return or changes their minds but, in time--maybe a
> few
> weeks or months--the URLs would be available to anyone who wishes to
> create a
> county, state, etc. website at RootsWeb either as a private site or
> one
> connected to a different project. From what I've seen thus far,
> there are people
> waiting to grab those URLs and put them to good use.
>
> Joan
> --------------------
>
> I put up an index page - identical to what was there - but the
> links go to the new site.
>
> Linda Haas Davenport
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Stowell" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:36 AM
> Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] URLs
>
>
> |I wasn't sure what to put for a subject line so -
> |
> | my question is what happens to the URLs for USGenWeb and/or
> other
> | folks who leave Rootsweb?
> |
> | Do those URLs become available for someone else to adopt who
> may /
> | may not be associated with USGenWeb?
> |
> | Tim Stowell
> |
>
>
>
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